#EC5545#EC5545

#EC5545 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.189 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5545
RGB	rgb(236, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(6, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 70.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 57.30, 40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 70.22, 35.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.1651 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.189 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9189, 24.7651, 8.3599)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5545 #45DCEC

analogous

#EC4588 #EC5545 #ECA945

triadic

#EC5545 #45EC55 #5545EC

tetradic

#EC5545 #88EC45 #45DCEC #A945EC

square

#EC5545 #88EC45 #45DCEC #A945EC

split-complementary

#EC5545 #45ECA9 #4588EC

monochromatic

#A61F11 #DD2A17 #EC5545 #F2887D #F7BBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#EC5545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#EC5545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5545

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5545	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.189 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8c79',
    500: '#ec5545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5545;
$custom-light: #fa8c79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.749,
    "s": 81.463,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6499,
    "c": 0.18926,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5545

secondary

#A6E0E7

accent

#E5F830

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5545

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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